Tag: Retirement Planning

Retirement planning can be simple, but it’s not easy, especially if you get too focused on all of the different variables at play. After going through each of the variables we discussed in this process, we believe you have now created a baseline plan. But that’s not where the work ends. How you feel today… Continue reading Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing

The final step in our retirement process is determining an appropriate allocation and assumption on rate of return over time. We suggest a couple different approaches within this variable of your planning. First, shoot low on your assumptions. Psychologically, most of our clients become more conservative as they age. Simply put, once those paychecks stop,… Continue reading How Should I Be Invested? Our Three Bucket Theory

After you have identified your time horizon for retirement, your needs and resources and thus your lump sum savings target, it’s time to come back to the present and use that information to assess your savings. What are you setting aside out of your paycheck? What is accumulating in your bank account? What’s being set… Continue reading Making the Savings Trade-Offs and Determining “Where” to Save